Biology:Orphinus fulvipes

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Short description: Species of beetle

Orphinus fulvipes
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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Dermestidae
Genus: Orphinus
Species:
O. fulvipes
Binomial name
Orphinus fulvipes
(Guérin-Méneville, 1838)
Synonyms
  • Attagenus? defectus Walker, 1858
  • Orphinus defectus Arrow, 1915

Orphinus fulvipes is a species of carpet beetle in the family Dermestidae. It is found in North America, South Asia, Oceania, and Europe.[1][2][3]

Description

Total body length is 2.5 mm. Pronotal integument is dark brown. Elytral integument and scutellum entirely brown and clothed with brownish pubescence. Antennae pale yellowish-brown.[4]

References

Further reading

  • Háva, Jirí (2003). "World catalogue of the Dermestidae". Studies and Reports of District Museum Prague-East Supplement 1: 1–196. 
  • Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 4: Elateroidea - Derodontoidea - Bostrichoidea - Lymexyloidea - Cleroidea - Cucujoidea. Apollo Books. 2007. ISBN 978-8788757675. 

Wikidata ☰ Q934578 entry